Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday said that it will issue a notice to writer Perumal Murugan so that he could narrate the sequence of events following which he changed his stance.
The first bench comprising Chief Justice Kaul and justice Sundaresh expressed large concern in extra judicial groups wielding power in deciding what is right and what is not right and asking authors what to write and what not to write.
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Association on Monday. The bench made it clear that it will not go by media reports.
The judges also said the authorities should have advised protestors to lodge complaints if they were aggrieved by his writings. The case comes will come up for hearing on Thursday.
Murugan was forced to quit writing after his novel led to caste violence in some parts of Tamil Nadu.
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